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1 week agoStarmer plans to ease impact of immigration policy changes after backlash from Labour MPs
The UK government is considering exemptions from stricter immigration rules after internal Labour party pressure, particularly regarding the proposed 10-year waiting period for settled status.
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1 month agoUK migrant families face giving up vital in-work benefits to avoid being punished'
More than 200,000 people living legally in the UK are on the 10-year route to settled status, which requires legal migrants to renew 30-month visas four times at a cost of 3,908.50 including healthcare costs per renewal before they can apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR). Under proposals by the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, if people have used public funds, even in work, the wait would double to 20 years.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
More than 300,000 children already living in the UK could be forced to wait 10 years for settled status under proposed changes to the Home Office's earned settlement policy, according to an analysis by a centre left thinktank. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) found that nearly a quarter (23%) of the 1.35 million people already on routes to settlement are children, most of them dependants on their families' work visas.
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